(Atlanta, Georgia) - SisterLove is proud to join several organizations across the country in recognizing National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD).
NYHAAD annually on April 10th, is a day to educate the public about the impact of HIV and AIDS on young people. The day also highlights the HIV prevention, treatment, and care campaigns of young people in the U.S.
Today’s young people are the first generation who have never known a world without HIV and AIDS. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that in 2018, youth aged 13 to 24 made up 21% of the 37,832 new HIV diagnoses in the United States (US) and dependent areas. Young people living with HIV are the least likely of any age group to be retained in care and have a suppressed viral load.
Addressing the impact of HIV on young people requires that they have access to affirming, culturally competent, and medically accurate resources and tools.
SisterLove stands in partnership with young people impacted by and living with HIV. We are doing so by increasing empathy and reducing the stigma around HIV and its impact on young people on campuses and in communities.
We are advocating for affirming policies around HIV care, treatment, and prevention on campus and in communities.
We are actively working to decriminalize HIV; and make HIV services more accessible, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), on campuses and in communities without parental consent.
Finally, we are leading the field in updating sex education curricula, which include medically accurate information about HIV.
If you would like to receive free and confidential STI testing and counseling from SisterLove’s Health Education and Prevention Team (HEAP) please call us at (404)-254-4734 or click here.
If you are interested in learning more about our Healthy Love Workshops where facilitators discuss safety from a pleasure focal point and supply people with the knowledge and tools to enjoy themselves, safely call our HEAP manager, LaKeisha Coach, at (404)-254-4734.
